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Tim Cook, Bill Gates Were Considered for Hillary Clinton Vice Presidential Nominees, Show Hacked Emails

Tim Cook, Bill Gates Were Considered for Hillary Clinton Vice Presidential Nominees, Show Hacked Emails 4b4p41

By Agence -Presse | Updated: 19 October 2016 13:49 IST

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Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign considered tapping Tim Cook to be her running mate, according to hacked emails published Tuesday by WikiLeaks. 4p2r5e

In an email dated March 17 to Clinton, campaign chairman John Podesta also proposed the mega-billionaire Bill Gates, his wife Melinda and General Motors chief executive Mary Barra as possible Democratic vice presidents.

"Let me know if there are people you would like to see added or removed," Podesta wrote, enclosing a list of more than 30 names.

"I have organized names in rough food groups."

The email also identified well known military figures - such as Navy iral Mike Mullen, former chairman of the t Chiefs of Staff, and Marine Corps General John Allen, the former commander of US forces in Afghanistan - as well as Clinton's opponent for the Democratic nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and other lawmakers.

Podesta also suggested billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as well as more conventional political choices, such as Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown.

Clinton ultimately settled on Virginia Senator Tim Kaine to campaign with her.

Podesta has not publicly verified that the emails are authentic, but told reporters earlier this month that he believed that "Russian intelligence agencies" had hacked into his email as part of efforts to favor Republican nominee Donald Trump.

US officials have formally blamed state-sponsored Russian hackers for the exposure of internal emails from the Democratic party and other prominent people and institutions.

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